01 n. Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is; understatement; see also litotes.
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Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is; understatement; see also litotes.(Rhet.)
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The cellular process by which a diploid progenitor cell forms haploid gametes, including a division of one diploid cell into two cells, each with one of the homologous sets of chromosomes.(Cell Biology)